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BarabooBob
Apr 30, 2019Explorer III
All aluminum wheels require a check after you remove the wheels from the vehicle. In the last 25 years, I can't remember having a shop NOT telling me to retorque the wheels. There is a reason for tightening lug nuts in a specific order and a reason to retorque.
I will continue to carry my torque wrench and sockets with me. On my last trip to the east coast, I was checking my lug nuts and the guy in the next campsite asked if I would check his lug nuts. I showed him how to use the torque wrench and he checked his lugs. After I saw that the first nut was at about 50 ft pounds I helped him get them to the 100 ft pounds that was posted on the front of his camper. I believe that I saved him from having a terrible experience with a wheel falling off. This may have saved someone's life.
I will continue to carry my torque wrench and sockets with me. On my last trip to the east coast, I was checking my lug nuts and the guy in the next campsite asked if I would check his lug nuts. I showed him how to use the torque wrench and he checked his lugs. After I saw that the first nut was at about 50 ft pounds I helped him get them to the 100 ft pounds that was posted on the front of his camper. I believe that I saved him from having a terrible experience with a wheel falling off. This may have saved someone's life.
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